10-letter words containing v, a, c
- mezza voce — (in singing) softly; quietly
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- microwaves — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- mihailovic — Draža [Serbo-Croatian. drah-zhah] /Serbo-Croatian. ˈdrɑ ʒɑ/ (Show IPA), Mikhailovitch, Draja.
- minivacuum — a small, handheld vacuum cleaner, as for vacuuming upholstered furniture or car seats, or other relatively small areas.
- mooncalves — Plural form of mooncalf.
- multivocal — having many or different meanings of equal probability or validity: a multivocal word.
- native cat — any of several catlike dasyures of the genus Dasyurus, of Australia and Tasmania: most populations are now rare.
- nativistic — the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- naviculare — a small boat-shaped bone of the wrist or foot
- naviculars — Plural form of navicular.
- navy cross — a U.S. Navy decoration awarded for outstanding heroism in operations against an enemy.
- nicholas v — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- nonvocalic — Not vocalic; not used as a vowel.
- novaculite — a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- nux vomica — the seed of the orangelike fruit of an East Indian tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, of the logania family, containing strychnine, used in medicine.
- observance — an act or instance of following, obeying, or conforming to: the observance of traffic laws.
- occupative — relating to work or profession
- octavalent — having a valence of eight.
- old slavic — Old Church Slavonic.
- olivaceous — of a deep shade of green; olive.
- ordovician — noting or pertaining to a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, from 500 million to 425 million years ago, notable for the advent of fish.
- outachieve — (transitive) To surpass in achievement; to achieve more than.
- over-react — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overacting — Present participle of overact.
- overaction — Excessive action (as of a muscle of the body).
- overactive — exceptionally or excessively active; too active.
- overaffect — To have too great an effect on.
- overarched — Simple past tense and past participle of overarch.
- overarches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overarch.
- overbleach — (transitive) To bleach too much.
- overcalled — (poker) Simple past tense and past participle of overcall.
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- overcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of overcast.
- overcharge — to charge (a purchaser) too high a price: When the manager realized we'd been overcharged, she gave us a credit for the difference.
- overfacile — excessively facile
- overglance — to glance over
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- overplaced — placed above
- overscaled — on an excessive scale
- palm civet — any of various small to medium-sized, chiefly arboreal cats of the civet family, of southeastern Asia, the East Indies, etc., with a spotted or striped coat and a long curled tail.
- peace dove — dove1 (def 5).
- play havoc — to cause a great deal of damage, distress, or confusion (to)
- pre-advice — an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.
- prevalence — the condition of being prevalent, or widespread: the prevalence of AIDS in developing countries.
- prevenance — assiduity in anticipating or catering to the pleasures of others.
- prevenancy — courtesy
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- pro-active — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.